[GregMember]

Yeah can’t do March either sorry Ollie

TB

[GregMember]

Great ride reports Bob

I can’t watch your videos yet EV (very slow Internet no 3G in the middle of Newcastle :huh: )

TB

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GaleyKTM300 wrote:

. NOW TB DON’T GET STARTED ON THE TUBLISS SYSTEM AS THIS WAS A FREAK OCCURANCE WITH THE TYRE GETTING SLASHED!

Galey

Great ride reports and as always Galey you write a ripper that I find myself hanging on :laugh:

As for the above of course I got that from reading the story sounds lucky no one was hurt eh :blink: To be clear I have only asked questions and quoted facts regarding the tubliss system my apology

Now get in with your report please mate :woohoo: I am stuck in Newcastle with work it would help pass the time

TB

[GregMember]

Yeah Mick you should run the engine and bung the exhaust when hot. It is also to help prevent damp air / moisture in the air from entering through the exhaust valves if they are open allowing surface rust to settle on the valve seats and in the cylinder bore

I also always make sure my engine in on TDC so all the valve are shut

TB

[GregMember]

2 – 2.30 halfway road house putty rd? The burnt down one. Back through to Newy via Yengo, Watagans creek rd and Watagans eh?

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Still keen for a meet up and ride back today Jeffro

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So the day started early, I woke and couldn’t sleep I was wondering why it was just another ride, was it riding the 530 that was stopping me from sleeping. I was looking forward to giving it a run. I had helped put it together and had some input so from that side I was interested. The suspension side I was really looking forward to, here would be a PDS suspension that was setup for me. Yes it had over a K spent on it, it has the progressive spring but not only that more importantly it is valved to suit. As it turned out there was no faulting the handling of the bike in all the tight going, most of he day was 1st and 2nd gear stuff. The run up and down German track was quicker and I found the bike to be more nervous in the steering than I am used to, wasn’t going to crash nervous just twitchy. Maybe a click on the damper would have fixed it. Ok to the story

My trailer, two euro trash !!!!  :blush:

Hi I will be your driver to day :ohmy:

My ride for the day KTM 530, 2011 

Umm Rekulse for the ride, interesting 

It has Stegpegz, only seen them used at Finke would be interesting

Tekinks improved suspension each end

Akraprovic pipe, sounded bloody nice. I have been fiddling with the jetting. The owner likes the spark arrester / baffle in but thus far I haven’t been able to get the jetting 100% with it installed. I ran with it out and the jetting was good.

Under bar damper

CPW oil tank same as Lefty’s adds to the too small engine oil capacity

Pivot Pegz, enough said 

So of we went about 10 past 8. We must have just missed Jeffro (sorry mate) and the plan (just a rough one) was to ride the singles that run either side of the main track to the pines area. It’s 17 kms or so to the pines from the letter A so it would be a could warm up. The tracks have been used by the Watagns trail bike rally and have seem some traffic so ruts would be the order of the day.

Rock step down, Deejay spotted a dollar and jumped off to get it and pick his bike up

Dude

Seb

Polly

Polly (right) Chicken (left)

Chicken (right) Idle-jet (left)

Ollie

Deejay

And he spotted another dollar, good eyes that boy :laugh:

Chicken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy0cMFAjA8A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaQjO910SyA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Seb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_4N9Sum-Xc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Polly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st_iEtweYr4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Idle-jet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnCLCKgwDnU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Ollie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7seBd6FyD4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

We continued on these style of 1st and 2nd gear tracks, over grown and rutted. Deejay showed how cool he is by cooling of in a big puddle. There was the odd drop going on in the pack by all accounts it was slow going and hard work lots of paddling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjXcdpMMVAc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
(used in the intro)

More later

[GregMember]

Good report Gaz, is that the strip between Maddens Plains and Coalcliff, Clifton near the Illawara golf club atop of Bulli? Looks like that area used to explore all yhat when I lived at Heathcote

Thanks for taking the time to write it up

TB

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GPSDave wrote:

Hey TB, its actually a thin strip of old front rubber tube.

You dont have to remove anything to change the filter skin, just pull the rubber tube to one side and slip the skin in its hoop straight out, change the skin and slip it back under the rubber.

Yeh mate she has spent more of her life on the dirt than on road.

I’m known to be fussy with having clean bikes/cars/house etc.

Dave

Ah that’s the go Dave I like it will look into doing the same. The setup I have now is good but that maybe easier and I like the wire ring setup

Fussy umm :huh: obsessive compulsive maybe :laugh: :laugh:

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[GregMember]

That’s neat and tidy Dave well done. Some sort of reusable elastic or such retainer maybe better than the zip tie? Between yours and Nicks filter sock prototype there are some great ideas.

BTW Dave has that ever been off road gees Louise that’s clean under the seat :huh:

TB

[GregMember]

Got your message Jeffro, hope it didn’t scratch the duco on the trailer :laugh: :cheer:

And here it is Eags

Going to bed now more tomorrow

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[GregMember]

ok thats good I just loaded 7 videos and 44 photos but I wont bother and will go to bed :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Read the report there as well while I was waiting for the uploads, its more your style ride then ours today Eags

Shit that seat is hard, Mick your right it is a space shuttle heat tile :laugh:

here is something to tie you over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjXcdpMMVAc

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EAGLE`02 wrote:

Well did he turn it on & off so it only registered on the main dirt roads thru the mountains ???

Only what I saw :whistle:

I suspect there were some wet conditions ?? We have had some good dumps the past couple of days

Well you saw wrong Spot would have struggled in the heavy canopy for one. We rode the tracks next to the roads so that explains that the over ridden rutted things :woohoo:

Now wait for the ride report

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EAGLE`02 wrote:

Waiting, waiting for the report :whistle:

Chicken was home hours ago looking at his Spot page, looks like he didn`t get into the singles at all ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Another great misrepresentation of the facts. Chicken rode a heap of singles, that’s pretty well all we rode actually, rutted, rooted, rocky singles I doubt there will be anyone on the ride that isn’t sore tomorrow :laugh:

Ride report thread will be started later

TB

[GregMember]

:laugh: :laugh: You tell a great story Pete mate you pea hearts wouldnt know tough if it bit you on the kegs :laugh: Ride a 650 and then you can talk about tough I finished the bloody mousse change before I had it glued
Am looking forward to tomorrow riding the bike and the trails

Half set jelly :laugh: :laugh: I will use that cheers

TB

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